Cocos Labor Party

The Cocos Labor Party (CLP) is the Australian Labor Party's affiliate in the Cocos Islands. Labor supports center-left policies in line with democratic socialism and social democracy, and they are supportive of Australian statehood.

The CLP was founded in 1946, and it was popular especially among Indian fishermen and Chinese farmers. Its support rose from a disappointing 6.1% in the Australian federal election, 1947 to a dominant 35.5% in the Australian federal election, 1949, with its rise in support being closely tied to a rise in popularity of Keynesian interventionism in the economy and protectionism, and a decline in support for the rival Cocos Liberals' free trade policies. Labor and the Liberals were the two main parties in the islands, and they were often the main contenders in the local elections.